Legend Management Bureau Chapter 422

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“Are you truly not afraid of death?” You Si tightened her grip, and the Mohist scholar was visibly on the verge of suffocating.

“Although I must admit it is somewhat shameful, knowing you have already slaughtered thousands, I still came to visit you alone. Do you really think I fear death, Goddess?” The Mohist scholar offered a faint smile. “I love all the people of this world, and that includes you, Goddess.”

You Si furrowed her brow. She felt that the fragile thread of “humanity” she had managed to grasp had just snapped all over again.

This man standing before her, who called himself a Mohist scholar, was vastly different from other humans.

He not only wanted to protect perfect strangers, but he also claimed to love every single person in the world.

If everyone possessed their own unique “humanity,” then how on earth was she supposed to find it?

You Si slowly released her grip, allowing the man to drop to the ground.

“Forget it. If those two brats could be captured by a mere Mortal, they are destined to be useless trash.” You Si slowly shook her head. “I have no need for such ‘children.'”

“I am ashamed…” the Mohist scholar shook his head. “It is not that I am more powerful than those two young heroes, but rather that my master is highly skilled in the art of mechanics, and we simply managed to lure them into a trap. But rest assured, Goddess. We are currently treating them as esteemed guests. As long as you agree to our request, we will naturally let them go.”

Meng Sheng, the Mohist scholar, wasn’t entirely sure what she meant by that, but he could only assume she had agreed. After all, they held two hostages; no matter how cold-blooded this woman was, she couldn’t completely ignore them.

Comforted by this thought, the Mohist scholar slowly stood up, bowed three times toward the Cave Dwelling, and slipped away quietly under the cover of night.

In the days that followed, You Si did not cease her slaughter. Instead, as if trying to fill some hollow void in her heart, she brought Mahakala along to carry out an even more frenzied spree of vengeance.

“The Dantian, the heart meridian, and the throat!” You Si instructed Mahakala. “If you intend to kill someone, you must solely target these three areas.”

“I understand, Mother!”

“If you want to make your enemies suffer in agonizing pain, cripple their limbs.”

“Yes, Mother!”

“If you want your enemies to die a slow and lingering death, slit their veins!”

“Yes, Mother!”

Mahakala wore an exceptionally joyous expression. As far as he was concerned, You Si was absolutely the greatest mother in the entire world.

And You Si felt an equal sense of fulfillment. After all, she finally had a new “child.”

As the days went by, Du Yu noticed that this pair was becoming increasingly bizarre.

Their worldviews aligned perfectly, as though they were monsters destined to be born for slaughter.

Their movements were highly synchronized, and Mahakala rapidly grew more formidable through his relentless trials.

Although they appeared to be mother and son, there wasn’t the slightest trace of genuine familial affection between them. At best, they were merely partners in murder.

On one particularly quiet night, the two sat beside a crackling campfire.

Mahakala asked softly, “Mother, why do you suppose everyone in this world is so afraid of us?”

You Si glanced at the young boy.

She had long noticed the abnormalities in the youth before her. If she wasn’t mistaken, his origins were likely similar to her own—they were both incarnations of something that shouldn’t even exist in this world.

They shared the same aura and were burdened by similarly dark obsessions.

You Si picked up a branch and gently stoked the fire, answering slowly, “Because we are anomalies.”

“Anomalies?” Mahakala looked confused. “But we look exactly like them. How can we be anomalies?”

“You are nothing like them. You are only like me.” You Si offered a bitter smile. “How wonderful would it be if there were a place in this world where we truly belonged…?”

“Where we belonged?” Mahakala glanced around the surrounding Cave Dwelling, visibly puzzled. “Mother, don’t we belong right here? Do you not like this place anymore?”

“I…” You Si furrowed her brow. She knew it would be difficult for the child in front of her to understand such a complex emotion.

“Mother, if you don’t like this place anymore, we can just kill people and steal a new one! Whether it’s an emperor’s palace or a mountain sect, if you want to live there, we’ll just take it by force.”

Hearing Mahakala’s words, it felt as though a hidden string had been plucked within You Si’s mind.

She suddenly realized that ever since her creation, all she had done was slaughter.

Yet, in all those stories that Time had muttered about, not a single person spent their life in endless carnage.

And looking at the ordinary mortals of this world, not a single one lived such a blood-soaked, restless existence.

For the very first time, a thought entirely natural to a normal human being surfaced in You Si’s mind: ‘Have I been doing it all wrong?’

She reached out and gently stroked Mahakala’s head.

‘If I truly have been doing everything wrong, then wouldn’t I be leading this child down the wrong path as well?’

The sudden gesture gave Mahakala a fright, and he scrambled backward in sheer terror.

“Mother, are you going to kill me?!”

“Kill you?” You Si shook her head. “You are the only person in this world I can hold a conversation with. Why would I kill you?”

Mahakala cautiously nodded his head. “Mother, if that’s the case… then don’t worry. Someday, this world will fully accept us.”

Hearing this, You Si raised an eyebrow and actually chuckled out loud. “Young Kid, how exactly do you plan on making the world accept us all on your own?”

“Isn’t that simple?” Mahakala leaped to his feet, eyes blazing with burning ambition. “I’ll change this world! One day, I will gather an entire group of people just like us. We’ll live together, and nothing in this world will ever be able to stand in our way again.”

The more he spoke, the more excited he became. He slowly raised his arms to the sky. “I heard that in the West, there is a World of Ultimate Bliss. Well then, we’ll just create an Extremely Dark World! In our world, we can do whatever we want and kill whoever we want. All heavenly mandates and mortal laws will be completely useless against us. You and I will be the true masters! Mother, wouldn’t that be a beautiful sight?”

You Si smiled, shaking her head. “You may be so small, but your ambitions certainly reach the heavens, don’t they?”

Mahakala’s face flushed crimson, looking exceptionally overjoyed.

You Si could only shake her head in helpless amusement before retreating into her Cave Dwelling to continue meditating.

But when she opened her eyes early the next morning, she found that the little boy who constantly oozed black mist was gone. He had vanished without a single word.

You Si didn’t know where he had gone, nor did she know why he had left in the first place.

Having already endured the pain of separation once before, she was somewhat numb to the feeling now.

“It turns out that being a ‘mother’ isn’t so easy after all. It seems I must find my next ‘child’ as soon as possible.” You Si gazed off into the distance, standing up as she muttered to herself. “The number of capable individuals in this dynasty is even fewer than I imagined…”

As soon as the words left her lips, the timeline before Du Yu began to flow rapidly once more.

You Si wandered through numerous dynasties, ultimately looping back to the ancient eras.

Perhaps she believed that since this era contained the greatest number of powerful figures, her chances of locating Time were highest here.

“Is this really right?” Du Yu muttered, almost as if he were asking himself. “You left A Can, A Kui, and Mahakala behind in that era… yet you jumped back into the past by yourself?”